Respect the Children
Jan. 9th, 2012 04:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pantryslutToday I suggested going outside and running around the backyard a bit to the girls. Simone was game, but April was reluctant. "I'm afraid of the spider," she told me.
It's true, our back yard is filled with spiders. Our back window, in fact, features a spider web right now, which is what I thought she was talking about.
April is prone to Big Fears, so I tried to talk her through it. "I'll hold your hand and protect you when we walk through the doorway," I said. It didn't work. Finally, I just insisted and we walked through the door and headed down the steps.
Only to be confronted with a large orb spider sitting in the web she wove across our back stairwell, blocking it entirely.
*This* was the spider April had really been talking about. She looked at me reproachfully.
With the help of some tissue, I relocated the spider to the bottom of our stairwell and we did indeed have a few minutes outdoors before the gardener and his leafblower needed the space. But I still feel kinda bad that I didn't take April as seriously as I apparently should have.
It's true, our back yard is filled with spiders. Our back window, in fact, features a spider web right now, which is what I thought she was talking about.
April is prone to Big Fears, so I tried to talk her through it. "I'll hold your hand and protect you when we walk through the doorway," I said. It didn't work. Finally, I just insisted and we walked through the door and headed down the steps.
Only to be confronted with a large orb spider sitting in the web she wove across our back stairwell, blocking it entirely.
*This* was the spider April had really been talking about. She looked at me reproachfully.
With the help of some tissue, I relocated the spider to the bottom of our stairwell and we did indeed have a few minutes outdoors before the gardener and his leafblower needed the space. But I still feel kinda bad that I didn't take April as seriously as I apparently should have.
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Date: 2012-01-11 01:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-11 01:59 am (UTC)http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Picnic-Robert-Welber/dp/0394826213